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South Africa: Investing more in slum communities

South Africa: Investing more in slum communities

WHO IS THIS SHIPMENT HELPING? In a slum on the outskirts of a South African city, a community group...

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Sierra Leone: Investing in the nation’s future

Sierra Leone: Investing in the nation’s future

After the end of Sierra Leone’s extended civil war, a group of people who wanted to help the country...

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Ukraine: The poor help those even poorer

Ukraine: The poor help those even poorer

Crossroads’ Ukrainian partner has, for many years, been working to bridge the gap between rapidly developing cities and rural...

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Bangladesh: Lifting the Downtrodden

Bangladesh: Lifting the Downtrodden

Low-lying Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to climate change, with the poor pushed to live in the lowest-lying areas. Because...

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Cameroon: Helping communities in crisis

Cameroon: Helping communities in crisis

WHO IS THIS SHIPMENT HELPING? The conflict has been ongoing in Cameroon between the French and English-speaking populations since...

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Cards from Africa

Cards from Africa

When Florence was eight years old, her family was forced to flee Rwanda to escape the genocide. Miraculously, her...

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Job training in Moldova

Job training in Moldova

Tatiana’s story Tatiana’s childhood years in Transnistria, Moldova, were filled with suffering. She grew up as an orphan, living...

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Saving the planet, one cookie at a time

Saving the planet, one cookie at a time

The sheer quantity of food waste in Hong Kong is staggering. Every day, we as a city throw away...

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Computers for grassroots

Computers for grassroots

Pre-pandemic, Hong Kong already had one of the widest gaps between rich and poor in the developed world. Since...

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